THURSDAYS used to be a dull day in Chad land for my goodself and a day where nothing much happened other than the delights of a lunch-time session at the pub with the work chums. It has now rapidly become my favourite day of the week.
For on Thursdays I now present Stags Talk, Chad’s weekly podcast on all things Mansfield Town FC, which is a role I greatly enjoy and would not miss for the world.
Putting together the show isn’t too difficult with preperation being the key. Prepare well and a good show surely awaits, but prepare badly and I can more than likely await personal embarrassment at the hands of the unforgiving studio microphone.
The show begins life with my goodself trawling the Chad website for all the stories making the news at Field Mill that particular week, before I knock up a script for the panel to follow in the studio.
The script is a life-saver for me and helps me as the presenter keep control of the show, moving from topic to topic in an orderly and well structured fashion.
Oh and It also helps me to avoid awkward lapses in my memory, where I begin dreaming about what delights I’m having for tea before suddenly realising silence has descended and the other two panelists are staring blankly at me and wondering what we’re supposed to be discussing.
The show then ends its life as a fun and enjoyable debate of the comings and goings at the club and is surely a must-listen to podcast for all the club’s fans, well I think so anyway!
From a personal point of view Stags Talk is not only tremendous fun and a great chance to talk about football but also a wonderful opportunity to broaden my skills and embrace the new media and its endless possibilities.
Who knows one day I could have my own sports show on the BBC, but if I do I ‘ll certainly owe a big thanks to Chad for starting the ball rolling.
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